Updated: 2012-09-28 02:39:58
You can now create Amazon RDS database instances running Oracle Database on Micro instances. This new, option will allow you to build, test, and run your low-traffic database-backed applications at a cost starting at $30 per month ($0.04 per hour)...
Updated: 2012-09-27 14:23:01
For today's episode of The AWS Report, I spoke to Billy Cox, Director of Cloud Strategy for Intel. We discussed the genesis of cloud computing, some historical trends, and ways that Intel is optimizing their processors for cloud-style workloads. I...
Updated: 2012-09-27 03:27:38
The Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) now supports SQL Server 2012.You can now launch the Express, Web, and Standard Editions of this powerful database from the comfort of the AWS Management Console. SQL Server 2008 R2 is still available, as...
Updated: 2012-09-26 05:07:37
I spent some time in Silicon Valley last week and late one afternoon I spoke to a group of Engineering VPs drawn from area companies. Although many of them were already AWS customers, it turned out that not everyone knew...
Updated: 2012-09-25 18:20:18
NASDAQ OMX's new FinQloud is a cloud solution designed to serve the needs of the regulated financial services industry. By building FinQloud on top of AWS, NASDAQ was able to create a protected environment for regulated data that meets very...
Updated: 2012-09-24 18:00:09
Let's take a quick look at what happened in AWS-land last week: Monday, September 17 We added four new checks to the AWS Trusted Advisor including EC2 Reserved Instance Optimization, VPN Tunnel Redundancy, RDS Backup, and RDS Multi-AZ. Tuesday, September...
Updated: 2012-09-19 12:24:23
Today's guest post comes to you from Omer Zaki, a Senior Product Manager on our Data Services team. Omer's post talks about how our customers have put Amazon ElastiCache to use in a wide variety of applications and environments. --...
Updated: 2012-09-17 12:02:05
I am really looking forward to the re:Invent conference this coming November. I recently sat down with leaders of three of the tracks in order to learn more about the tracks. Deepak Singh told me all about the Compute and...